January 17, 2025 New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has installed spikes at subway stations to stop turnstile jumpers—and they don’t seem to be working. An unidentified subway rider wasn’t fazed by the visible spikes at the 59th Street/Lexington Avenue station, jumping right over them. Sporting a Rick and Morty sweatshirt, he carefully placed […]
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Montrose L Station Disabled
October 5, 2024 This morning, two weeks after the state-sanctioned execution* of Derrell Mickles and the shooting of several bystanders on the L train line, actionists in Brooklyn dismantled the border infrastructure at the Montrose Ave L Station: card readers were disabled with glue and tap screens were smashed to pieces, forcing the closure of […]
“Live Free, Ride Free, Fuck NYPD”
A Report from a Mass Fare Evasion in New York City Last week, a series of demonstrations took place in New York City after police attacked a person they accused of dodging the fare on the subway. The police opened fire, shooting the suspect, a police officer, and multiple other people who happened to […]
Card Readers Smashed at Halsey L
September 19, 2024 All card readers were reportedly smashed at the Halsey L. During the morning commute, workers were still trying to remove graffiti that read “FUCK THE FARE” while police were letting everyone through the gates for free. Submitted anoynmously over email.
Photos: Mass Fare Evasion at West 4th Street
September 18, 2024 NYPD OUT OF THE MTA: Tonight, New Yorkers stood up for their community and protested the expansion and impunity of the police occupation of their city. Last Sunday, the NYPD shot Derrell Mickles and three others after Mickles entered the platform through the emergency exit at the Sutter Ave. station in Brownsville—committing […]
Call to Action: Mass Fare Evasion in Response to Police Shooting
NYPD PIGS SHOOT 4 PEOPLE—INCLUDING A FELLOW PIG—AFTER ONE MAN EVADES MTA FARE STATE-SANCTIONED MURDER OVER A $2.90 TICKET RESIST PIG VIOLENCE! STOP COP NATION! FARES ARE FREE. DON’T PAY. JOIN US IN MASS FARE EVASION. TAKE OUR CITY BACK FROM THE PIGS. LET REPRESSION BREED MORE RESISTANCE. ALL ZIONIST, POLICE & SURVEILLANCE INFRASTRUCTURE ARE […]
Police Shooting In NYC Subway Injures NYPD Officer, 2 Bystanders
New York City Police fired shots in a Brooklyn subway station while pursuing a person they suspected of fare evasion, injuring the man along with an NYPD officer and two bystanders. Around 3 p.m. Sunday, two NYPD officers followed a 37-year-old man to the platform at the Sutter Avenue station in the eastern part of […]